Kings Lose Game 1 To Avalanche

Kings suffer to nan Avalanche

From Kevin Baxter: Different opponent. Same result.

In each of nan past 4 seasons, nan Kings person opened nan Stanley Cup playoffs against nan Edmonton Oilers. They mislaid each time.

So connected Sunday nan Kings tried a different route, opening against nan Colorado Avalanche.

They lost, 2-1.

The goals came from Artturi Lehkonen precocious successful nan 2nd play and Logan O’Connor early successful nan third. The Kings made a crippled of it late, pulling goaltender Anton Fosberg pinch 2:57 to play and getting a power-play extremity from Artemi Panarin 35 seconds later.

But if nan Kings mislaid nan crippled they besides gained a ton of assurance pinch nan measurement they played against nan winningest squad successful nan NHL during nan regular season.

“The guys did what they had to do and played nan correct way,” interim coach D.J. Smith said “It is what it is. We’re down successful nan series, but a batch of bully things.”

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Kings playoffs schedule

All times Pacific

at Colorado 2, Kings 1 (summary)

Tuesday: Kings astatine Colorado, 7 p.m., ESPN

Thursday: Colorado astatine Kings, 7 p.m., TNT, truTV, HBO Max

Sunday: Colorado astatine Kings, 1:30 p.m., TNT, truTV, HBO Max

*Wed., April 29: Kings astatine Colorado, TBD

*Friday, May 1: Colorado astatine Kings, TBD

*Sunday, May 3: Kings astatine Colorado, TBD

*- If necessary

Ducks playoffs schedule

All times Pacific

Monday: Ducks astatine Edmonton, 7 p.m., ESPN2

Wednesday: Ducks astatine Edmonton, 7 p.m., TBS, HBO Max

Friday: Edmonton astatine Ducks, 7 p.m., TNT, truTV, HBO Max)

Sunday: Edmonton astatine Ducks, 6:30 p.m., ESPN

*Tuesday, April 28: Ducks astatine Edmonton, TBD

*Thursday, April 30: Edmonton astatine Ducks, TBD

*Saturday, May 2: Ducks astatine Edmonton, TBD

*-if necessary

Dodgers suffer to Rockies

From Mirjam Swanson: What do you know? The once-stampeding Dodgers person been caged by nan Colorado Rockies.

With a 9-6 loss Sunday astatine Coors Field, nan two-time defending World Series champions mislaid back-to-back games for nan first clip this season. The Dodgers again couldn’t clasp a lead, letting nan Rockies tee disconnected for 15 hits.

Nor could nan Dodgers support up offensively astatine nan hitter-friendly parkland — though they put immoderate unit connected successful nan ninth inning, erstwhile Shohei Ohtani led disconnected pinch a ground-rule double and nan Dodgers scored doubly to trim nan lead to 3 runs. Then nan caller guy, Ryan Ward, made nan last retired successful his large convention debut, robbed of a deed and a chance to support chipping distant by a diving Troy Johnston successful correct field.

Before that, nan Rockies — who hit nan Dodgers doubly successful 13 meetings each of past play — chased starter Roki Sasaki from nan crippled successful nan 5th inning and past ruffled nan Dodgers’ relievers. That included person Edwin Díaz, who came connected successful nan eighth and promptly gave up 3 singles, a locomotion and 2 runs earlier being pulled pinch nan Dodgers trailing 8-4.

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MLB standings

Angels suffer to Padres

Xander Bogaerts and Bryce Johnson delivered two-out RBIs arsenic nan San Diego Padres defeated nan Angels 2-1 connected Sunday.

Bogaerts collapsed a scoreless necktie pinch an RBI azygous successful nan 4th inning, and Johnson added a two-out RBI azygous successful nan seventh arsenic San Diego took 2 of 3 games successful nan series. Johnson vanished pinch 2 of San Diego’s 5 hits for his multihit crippled of nan season.

Michael King (3-1) gave up 1 deed complete 5 scoreless innings, striking retired six and stepping 4 while moving done traffic. He mixed pinch Ron Marinaccio, Kyle Hart, Bradgley Rodriguez and Mason Miller to clasp nan Angels to 2 hits.

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MLB standings

Lakers tin bargain nan series

From Bill Plaschke: The Lakers limped painfully into nan playoffs Saturday nighttime only to delightfully observe a occurrence salve.

An force arsenic mangled arsenic they were.

Yes, nan Lakers are opening this tourney earnestly hampered by nan indefinite absences of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.

But — surprise, astonishment — nan Houston Rockets showed up pinch a bad limb of their own, a precocious suffered knee contusion that sidelined starring scorer Kevin Durant for astatine slightest nan first crippled of this first-round series.

The result? Check retired nan wide-mouthed shriek unleashed by nan Lakers’ Luke Kennard midway done nan 4th quarter.

The Lakers: Loud and astonishing and inspiring.

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Lakers playoff schedule

First round
All times Pacific

at Lakers 107, Houston 98 (box score)
Tuesday: Houston astatine Lakers, 7:30 p.m., NBC
Friday: Lakers astatine Houston, 5:30 p.m., Amazon Prime Video
Sunday: Lakers astatine Houston, 6:30 p.m., NBC
*Wed., April 29: Houston astatine Lakers, TBD
*Friday, May 1: Lakers astatine Houston, TBD
*Sunday, May 3: Houston astatine Lakers, TBD

*-if necessary

Alex Palou wins Long Beach Grand Prix

From Steve Galluzzo: For 2 thirds of Sunday’s Acura Long Beach Grand Prix, Alex Palou bided his time… waiting for nan 1 break he needed.

It came successful nan shape of a be aware connected nan 58th lap, allowing him to overtake front-runner Felix Rosenqvist exiting pit lane and clasp nan lead nan remainder of nan way, taking nan checkered emblem by 3.96 seconds for his 3rd triumph successful 5 IndyCar Series races this play and his first astatine Long Beach.

Right aft being showered pinch applause and confetti astatine triumph lane, nan 29-year-old Spaniard thanked his crew, whose speedy activity connected nan past pit extremity proved to beryllium nan difference.

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Race results

LAFC loses to Earthquakes

Ousseni Bouda scored 2 goals successful nan 2nd half, ending LAFC goalie Hugo Lloris’ scoreless tally to statesman nan play astatine 593 minutes, and nan San José Earthquakes stunned LAFC 4-1 connected Sunday night successful an early Western Conference showdown.

San José (7-1-0) moves into a first-place necktie pinch nan Vancouver Whitecaps successful nan Western Conference and Supporters’ Shield races successful nan Earthquakes’ 2nd play nether caput coach Bruce Arena.

Daniel De Sousa Britto missed a chance to necktie Lloris pinch a sixth cleanable expanse connected an ain extremity by Reid Roberts successful nan 74th minute. He had 3 saves.

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LAFC summary

MLS standings

This time successful sports history

1944 — NFL legalizes coaching from bench.

1958 — The Montreal Canadiens triumph nan NHL Stanley Cup for nan 3rd consecutive twelvemonth pinch a 5-3 triumph complete nan Boston Bruins successful nan sixth game.

1986 — Chicago’s Michael Jordan sets an NBA single-game playoff scoring grounds pinch 63 points successful a 135-131 double overtime nonaccomplishment to nan Boston Celtics, successful Game 2 of nan first information successful nan Eastern Conference.

1991 — Mark Lenzi becomes nan first personification to people 100 points connected a azygous dive. On his past dive, Lenzi scores 101.85 points connected a reverse 3½ somersault from nan tuck position to triumph nan 3-meter springboard title astatine nan U.S. Indoor Diving Championships.

1996 — NFL Draft: Keyshawn Johnson from USC first prime by New York Jets.

1997 — Chicago’s Michael Jordan wins an unprecedented ninth scoring title pinch an mean of 29.6 points, nan first clip successful those 9 seasons that he fails to mean astatine slightest 30 points.

1997 — PGA Seniors’ Championship Men’s Golf, PGA National GC: Defending champion Hale Irwin wins his 2nd of 3 consecutive Senior PGA Championships.

2002 — NFL Draft: Fresno State backmost David Carr #1 prime by Houston Texans.

2007 — Roger Federer wins his 500th match, defeating David Ferrer 6-4, 6-0 successful nan quarterfinals of nan Monte Carlo Masters.

2008 — Danica Patrick becomes nan first female victor successful IndyCar history, capturing nan Indy Japan 300 successful her 50th profession start. Patrick takes nan lead from pole-sitter Helio Castroneves connected nan 198th thigh successful nan 200-lap title and finishes 5.8594 seconds up of Castroneves.

2008 — Lorena Ochoa becomes nan first LPGA Tour subordinate successful 45 years to triumph 4 tournaments successful consecutive weeks. Ochoa shoots a three-under 69 successful nan last information of nan Ginn Open and thumps rookie Yani Tseng by 3 strokes for her 5th triumph successful six starts. Mickey Wright did it successful 1963.

2014 — Bernard Hopkins, 49, becomes nan oldest to triumph a unification light-heavyweight bout arsenic he captures a divided 12-round determination complete 30-year-old Beibut Shumenov of Kazakhstan. Hopkins, who improves to 55-6-2, retains his IBF title and wins nan WBA and IBA belts.

2015 — Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia wins nan 119th Boston Marathon, his 2nd triumph here. Desisa, who finishes successful 2:09:17, besides won nan 2013 title conscionable hours earlier a brace of bombs exploded astatine nan decorativeness line. Caroline Rotich of Kenya wins nan women’s race.

2017 — LeBron James finishes pinch 41 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists, and nan Cleveland Cavaliers group an NBA postseason grounds by erasing a 25-point halftime shortage to hit nan Indiana Pacers 119-114 and return a 3-0 lead. Cleveland trailed by 26 successful nan first half and was still down 74-49 astatine halftime. The largest halftime shortage flooded to triumph a playoff crippled had been 21 points by Baltimore against Philadelphia successful 1948.

2017 — Roman Josi scores twice, Pekka Rinne has 30 saves and nan Nashville Predators hit nan Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 to complete a astonishing expanse of nan Western Conference’s apical seed. It’s nan first clip a No. 1 seed is swept successful nan first information since nan NHL adopted its existent playoff format successful 1994.

2021 — All six EPL clubs retreat from nan arguable European Super League conscionable 3 days aft it was announced - Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham.

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This time successful shot history

1910 — Addie Joss of Cleveland sounded nan 2nd no-hitter of his career, a 1-0 triumph complete nan White Sox successful Chicago.

1912 — Fenway Park was opened successful Boston and nan Red Sox defeated nan visiting New York Highlanders, later known arsenic nan Yankees, 7-6 successful 11 innings. Tiger Stadium successful Detroit besides opened its doors arsenic nan Tigers defeated nan Cleveland Indians 6-5.

1916 — The Chicago Cubs played their first crippled astatine Weeghman Park — renamed Wrigley Field successful 1926 — defeating nan Cincinnati Reds 7-6 successful 11 innings.

1920 — Manager Gavy Cravath of nan Philadelphia Phillies inserted himself arsenic a pinch-hitter and hit nan New York Giants pinch a three-run homer, 3-0. It was his past location tally successful nan majors.

1937 — Gee Walker deed for nan rhythm connected opening time to lead nan Detroit Tigers to a 4-3 triumph complete Cleveland. Walker deed nan rhythm successful reverse order: location run, triple, double, single.

1938 — Cleveland’s Bob Feller sounded nan first of 12 profession one-hitters, beating nan St. Louis Browns 9-0.

1939 — In his first awesome convention game, Ted Williams deed a 400-foot double arsenic nan Boston Red Sox mislaid 2-0 to New York astatine Yankee Stadium.

1941 — The Brooklyn Dodgers go nan first awesome convention squad to deterioration protective headgear.

1967 — Tom Seaver of nan New York Mets recorded his first awesome convention triumph pinch a 6-1 triumph complete nan Chicago Cubs. Seaver went 7 2-3 innings and gave up 8 hits and 1 run.

1982 — The Atlanta Braves recorded their 12th consecutive triumph from nan opening of nan play — a 4-2 determination complete Cincinnati successful Atlanta — and eclipsed nan awesome convention grounds group a twelvemonth earlier by nan Oakland A’s.

1988 — The Baltimore Orioles group a awesome convention grounds pinch their 14th consecutive conclusion astatine nan commencement of nan season, losing to nan Milwaukee Brewers 8-6.

1990 — Seattle’s Brian Holman mislaid his bid for baseball’s 13th cleanable crippled pinch 2 retired successful nan ninth inning connected Ken Phelps’ pinch-hit location tally successful nan Mariners’ 6-1 triumph complete nan Oakland Athletics.

1997 — The Chicago Cubs stopped their season-opening losing streak astatine 14 games, rallying successful nan sixth inning to hit nan New York Mets 4-3 successful nan 2nd crippled of a doubleheader. The Mets won nan opener 8-2. Chicago’s 0-14 commencement group a National League grounds and was nan 2nd worst down nan 1988 Baltimore Orioles, who began 0-21.

1999 — Cincinnati Reds proprietor Marge Schott agrees to waste her controlling liking successful nan Reds to a group headed by Carl H. Lindner, ending her 14-year tenure.

2001 — Carlos Delgado of nan Blue Jays deed 3 homers for nan 2nd clip this season, arsenic Toronto hit nan Kansas City Royals 12-4.

2006 — Julio Franco became nan oldest subordinate successful awesome convention history to deed a location tally erstwhile he deed a two-run, pinch-hit changeable successful nan eighth inning to thief nan New York Mets rally for a 7-2 triumph complete San Diego. Franco, 47, replaced Athletics pitcher Jack Quinn successful nan grounds book who was 46 years, 357 days aged erstwhile he homered connected June 27, 1930.

2007 — Alex Rodriguez went 3-for-5 pinch 2 location runs successful a 7-6 nonaccomplishment to Boston and joined Mike Schmidt, who deed 12 homers successful nan first 15 games successful 1976, arsenic nan fastest to scope a twelve successful shot history.

2008 — The Blue Jays merchandise erstwhile superstar Frank Thomas, who has 516 awesome convention location runs.

2010 — Pitcher Edinson Volquez of nan Reds is suspended for 50 games for failing a PED trial during outpouring training.

2011 — Commissioner Bud Selig steps successful and takes power of nan day-to-day operations of nan Dodgers from proprietor Frank McCourt.

2012 — Drew Stubbs had 3 hits and drove successful 3 runs to lead nan Cincinnati Reds to a 9-4 triumph complete nan Chicago Cubs — nan 10,000th triumph successful franchise history.

2021 — Corbin Burnes strikes retired 10 batters and walks nary successful 6 innings successful a 6-0 Brewers triumph complete nan Padres.

Compiled by nan Associated Press

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